Movies

‘Amityville II: The Possession’ (1982) isn’t a prequel, it’s a sequel

Horror fans are accustomed to confusing timelines, so much so that there’s a YouTube channel devoted to going through the bizarre continuities of “Halloween,” “Friday

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‘Death on the Nile’ (1978) faithfully and lavishly adapts Christie’s gem

The 1978 version of “Death on the Nile” has stayed afloat as one of the elite film adaptations of an Agatha Christie novel. Anthony Shaffer’s

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Warren case ‘The Haunted’ (1991) is a proto-‘Conjuring’

Among the things that make “The Conjuring” (2013) fresh, plot isn’t one of them. This is evident because the same plot is found in the

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‘Amityville Horror’ (1979) a cut above thanks to Kidder, Brolin

“The Amityville Horror” (1979) tells the most famous case investigated by Ed and Lorraine Warren. It’s not all that different from their other cases, but

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Visions of the future: All 12 Philip K. Dick movies, ranked

For RFMC’s 3,000th post, I figured we should do something special, so let’s combine two of my favorite things: Philip K. Dick and movies. So

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‘Annabelle’ (2014) gets dolled up to extend ‘Conjuring’ saga

A year after “The Conjuring” (2103), the producers tried out a new idea, likely inspired by the burgeoning success of the Marvel Cinematic Universe: a

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‘Rocky’ saga has post-Stallone life in Jordan-helmed ‘Creed III’

Rocky tells Adonis “This is your time” at the end of 2018’s “Creed II,” and Michael B. Jordan takes that to heart. He both stars

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‘Green Room’ (2015) a brutal slice of plausible horror

Among the details “Green Room” (2015) gets right are the disgusting conditions backstage – and actually, throughout the whole club – for a punk-rock bar

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All 13 movies written and directed by Kevin Smith, ranked

To mark the 40th anniversary of “Return of the Jedi,” since I wrote a thorough tribute piece 10 years ago, I decided to look back

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The hauntings of Mike Flanagan: All 13 of his films and TV shows, ranked

In appropriate fashion for the horror genre, Mike Flanagan slowly crept onto the scene in the 2010s, making increasingly good, modestly budgeted films. Then he

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